A Miami-Dade commissioner said one of President-elect Donald Trump’s sons is urging the county to not build a new incinerator in the city of Doral. NBC6’s Hatzel Vela reports.
A Miami-Dade commissioner said one of President-elect Donald Trump's sons is urging the county to not build a new incinerator in the city of Doral.
Commissioner J.C. Bermudez, who represents District 12 which includes Doral, said he met with Eric Trump about the replacement incinerator, which could be built in the same city where his father owns a golf course at the Trump National Doral Resort.
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“I had a productive meeting with Eric Trump, the Trump National Doral Resort team and other key stakeholders. I communicated to them the County administration’s misguided decision to construct a new Waste-to-Energy Facility (WTE) at the existing incinerator site in the City of Doral … I shared with Eric Trump my frustration and disappointment at the lack of consideration this decision has for the residents of the City of Doral and for its businesses, including the Trump National Doral Resort that is the jewel of our community," he said in a statement.
The new waste management facility is needed after the existing one in Doral was destroyed by a fire last year.
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County commissioners are expected to place their vote on which location they prefer to house the new county waste site on Dec. 3. Bermudez went on to say it was his understanding that Miami-Dade Mayor Levine Cava planned to request a delay in that vote.
Currently, the four proposed sites are located in: Medley, Okeechobee, Opa Locka West Airport and Doral.
Levine Cava last week recommended that the new plant be built at the Doral site.
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“It's just too expensive to go to another location. We are determined that we're going to have a solid waste sustainable campus. It's going to have every possible modern technology in addition to the waste to energy and we need a bigger space, but we also know that the site I'd originally recommended became too expensive," she told NBC6.
The mayor has not yet responded to a request for comment on the possible vote delay.
